Tennis (elbow) Anyone?

[MBarker]

I have gotten a painful case of tennis elbow in my right elbow due to the repeated use of the throttle. With the frequent forward/reverse action and pulling the safety lock on the throttle, it has made it very sore/painful. Has anyone else dealt with this first world problem and do you have any suggestions on how to make the sitution/repetitive action better? Thanks in advance, but I'm not looking for elbow treatment suggestions as I've got that covered.

[Fast351]

Are you sure it's tennis elbow and not a bruised ulnar nerve? I could see that happening as I've had that happen to my left elbow on a long road trip where I had my elbow riding on the window sill and my ring and pinky fingers were constantly tingling with a sharp pain in my elbow if you touched that spot... Only way to heal it is just to let it heal.

As far as tennis elbow, if you have that (which I also have in my right arm *sigh*) what works for me is wearing a compression sleeve. It keeps a little heat in the joint and supports the tendons which cause tennis elbow:

I use a Shock Doctor 831. They last quite a while, and I wear it any time I do something strenuous that might effect my elbow. Interestingly I don't need it for skiing:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Shock-Doc...erage/44470042

[XBIGPUN66]

Try the theraband flexbar for tennis elbow. It works great. I was skeptical until I tried it. You can order it from Amazon. Google it. The are videos on how to do the exercises.

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[MBarker]

Thank you for the suggestions. Pretty certain its tennis elbow. I have an elbow strap that helps alot with the pain. I do the stretching exercises and ice. They help, but without prolonged rest, its hard to get it healed. I haven't found a way use the throttle differently to reduce the repetitive motion or the mechanics causing the issues.

[greggmck]

It seems to me that driving technique could be modified to fix this. In my opinion the best drivers rest their forearm on the arm rest and move the throttle with slow continuous wrist movement and sliding the forearm forward on the arm rest. There is never a need to jam the throttle with the whole arm. This results in jerky boat movement which can leave passengers on the floor or riders with arms pulled too forcefully.

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[MBarker]

This results in jerky boat

Thanks Greg, but I assure you there is no "jerking" on my boat. We have a lot of new surfers on the boat and that generally means more falls and therefore more repositioning of the boat. Add in I'm very tall with long arms and I have not found a position that doesn't make the tennis elbow sore. I believe the main issue is squeezing the safety mechanism to engage the throttle. Perhaps I can modify my technique and I will explore that. Thanks for the suggestion.